Alaska Day 19

Man did we get a late start. 6:40 am and we were heading down the road. By the way 7 was to be the kick off time. No matter, none of us expected what was in store for us today. The weather was perfect, cool and sunny with just a spatter of little friends who kept bothering us for blood donations.

The only restaurant in town did not open until 7:30, so we decided to head down the road to see what we could find. Highway 37 in Canada is one of the most scenic roads I have ever traveled on. It has it all, snow capped mountains, running rivers, forests, and blood thirsty critters.

About 50 miles down the road we found a motel-restaurant where we decided to stop and eat. The cook had the day off, so the owner was doing the cooking. He said he could fix about anything except for the fancy stuff like French Toast. When asked if he could do pancakes, he said he might be able to. We decided to give him a try any way, and as it turned out it was a pretty decent breakfast. Everyone got pretty much what they wanted except for Jerry who ordered a bagel with cream cheese and got a English muffin with cream cheese. The view from the restaurant was fantastic. Matter of fact I got the name of the place so I can stay there the next time I am up in this part of the world.

From the restaurant we continued down 37. I think John must have taken 500 pictures. I know Dick took about 200. I took a few, but I am not able to shoot pictures as I drive down the road. We made a couple of short stops to take in the scenery, but the little critters were so bad we moved on. We did take a longer stop at a road house to get gas and have a snack.

Today was going to be a short day, somewhere around 250 miles. We turned on Highway 37-A and stopped a while to look at Bear Glacier. We then continued on into Stewart/Hyder for the night. For the record highway 37-A , which is about 40 miles long, is one heck of a scenic drive.

We checked into the Sealaska Inn, which by luck had a laundry mat next door. That was good since I was down to my last set of, well you know what I mean. I put a load of wash in and then went into the bar and sat down with Dick and John and had a couple of drinks. It turned out the same guy that owns the bar and motel, also owns the laundry mat. The had a monitor inside the bar where you could watch your stuff. Few drinks later and the wash was done. Well, at least I think it was done, I know I was.

Dick and I had dinner at the Glacier Inn. John, Jerry, and Brian went to another place that served seafood. After dinner I was pretty tired so I went to bed, the rest went to the bar for a nightcap. I'm nto sure when they were done night capping.

Tomorrow we head for Burns Lake. This will be our last day together as a group. Dick and I will split off and head for home, the others have some plans with their wives to visit Yellow Stone.